However, it is this same basic formula, disguised in
the vocabulary of Western science, that is used in modern
physiology.

6O2

+

C6H12O6

+

(BMR)

=

Ergs

+

6CO2

+

6H2O

Air

+

Food

+

(BMR)

=

Energy

+

carbon dioxide

+

water

Oxygen (O2) plus glucose (C6H12O6) through BMR yields
energy in the form of high energy phosphate bonds
(especially ATP) plus water (H2O) which dissolves carbon
dioxide (CO2) and facilitates the hydrolysis of energy
yielding phosphate bonds. It seems that the chinese knew,
without a particularly refined scientific method, that only
a portion of the air and food, the essence, was employed in
the process: only 20% of air is oxygen and glucose is
approximately 60% of food.(24)

The Chinese knew about circulation of the blood
approximately 2000 years before William Harvey described it
in 1616.(25,28,29) They knew about the energy generating
relationship of food and air 2300 years before the
elaboration of the Krebs cycle.(25,28,29) The simplicity of
the Chinese formula encourages the use of the movement and
breath as a health enhancing factor while the complexity of
the Western scientific formula tends to mask the importance
of the breath and makes the benefits of simple breath
practice less accessable to the average health seeker?

Roger Jahnke has been in the health field since 1967 beginning with body therapies, herbal medicine, Tai Chi, Yoga and meditation. He turned his attention seriously to Oriental medicine in 1972 with study at the North......more

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